The Best Looks at the 2025 Oscars Were on the Runways Just Days Ago (Literally)

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From left to right: Charlotte Lawrence in Valentino, Cynthia Erivo in Vivienne Westwood, Sarah Paulson in Marc Jacobs, and Rosalia in Dilara FindikogluCollage: Vogue

The 2025 Oscars confirmed it: There is no bigger red-carpet flex, no more powerful confirmation of one’s fashion chops, than getting to be the first to wear a look that walked the runway less than a month ago. Forget seasons, this is now a game of breakneck speed. Rosalía’s Dilara Findikoglu frock for the Vanity Fair after-party? It was on the runway at London Fashion Week eight days ago, thank you very much. And the custom Schiaparelli gown that Ariana Grande wore on the red carpet last night? It walked the runway in Paris during the couture collections 34 days ago.

The runway–to–red carpet pipeline has effectively burst—chalk that up to the internet’s ongoing fashion fascination. Five to 10 years ago, celebrities would get to wear runway pieces once the collections were in stores, meaning months after their catwalk debuts. Now labels like to extend a collection’s moment by placing it on a red carpet as soon as possible after it has been on the catwalk. But this game is all about finding the right muse. These days, the mark of a true star is how covetable a look they can get.

By that measure, Grande’s Schiaparelli two-puncher confirms her ascension to movie-star status. All it takes is the right role—just ask Cher! Alba Rohrwacher was the first to wear Alessandro Michele’s Valentino spring 2025 couture collection (debuted 32 days ago), and Sarah Paulson got to take the closing look from Marc Jacobs’s fabulous New York show (27 days ago). Olivia Rodrigo’s black leather Cavalli was on the Milan runway literally three days ago, as was Ciara’s Dsquared2 number. The men turned it out too—Omar Apollo’s Willy Chavarria suit walked the Paris men’s catwalks in late January, as did Danny Ramirez’s Amiri look. Scroll through for more looks from the 2025 Oscars.

Ariana Grande

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Schiaparelli spring 2025 couture.

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Ariana Grande

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Schiaparelli fall 2024 couture.

Courtesy of Schiaparelli

Cynthia Erivo

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Vivienne Westwood spring 1997.

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Alba Rohrwacher

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Valentino spring 2025 couture.

Photo: Alessandro Lucioni / Gorunway.com

Michelle Yeoh

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Balenciaga fall 2023 couture.

Photo: Courtesy of Balenciaga

Rachel Sennott

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Balenciaga fall 2023 couture.

Photo: Courtesy of Balenciaga

Fernanda Torres

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Chanel spring 2025 couture.

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Yasmin Finney

Arturo Holmes

Harris Reed spring 2025.

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Charlotte Lawrence

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Valentino spring 2025.

Photo: Courtesy of Valentino

Edvin Ryding

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Xander Zhou spring 2025.

Photo: Courtesy of Xander Zhou

Whoopi Goldberg

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Christian Siriano spring 2025.

Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / Gorunway.com

Connie Nielsen

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Elise Saab spring 2025.

Photo: Filippo Fior / Gorunway.com

Rosalía

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Dilara Findikoglu fall 2025.

Photo: Isidore Montag / Gorunway.com

Kim Seok-woo

Arturo Holmes

Amiri spring 2025.

Photo: Isidore Montag / Gorunway.com

Olivia Wilde

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Chloé spring 2025.

Photo: Carlo Scarpato / Gorunway.com

Sarah Paulson

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Marc Jacobs spring 2025.

Photo: Courtesy of Marc Jacobs

Emma Chamberlain

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Jean Paul Gaultier spring 2025 couture.

Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / Gorunway.com

Omar Apollo

Dia Dipasupil

Willy Chavarria fall 2025.

Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / Gorunway.com

Kendall Jenner

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Mugler spring 1992 ready-to-wear.

Photo: Condé Nast Archive

Teyana Taylor

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LaQuan Smith fall 2022.

Photo: Isidore Montag / Gorunway.com

Fendi spring 2024 couture.

Photo: Isidore Montag / Gorunway.com

Olivia Rodrigo

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Roberto Cavalli fall 2025.

Photo: Isidore Montag / Gorunway.com

Rachel Brosnahan

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Carolina Herrera spring 2025.

Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / Gorunway.com

Tracee Ellis Ross

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Alexandre Vauthier spring 2025 couture.

Photo: Alessandro Lucioni / Gorunway.com

Katy Perry

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Miss Sohee spring 2025 couture.

Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / Gorunway.com

Lisa

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Miss Sohee spring 2025 couture.

Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / Gorunway.com

Ciara

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Dsquared2 fall 2025.

Photo: Alessandro Lucioni / Gorunway.com

Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet

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Ashi Studio spring 2025 couture.

Filippo Fior / Gorunway.com

Sofia Richie

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Armani Privé fall 2024.

Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / Gorunway.com

Jacquemus spring 2025.

Filippo Fior

Stephanie Hsu

Taylor Hill

Caroline Hu spring 2025.

photo: Filippo Fior / Gorunway.com

Danny Ramirez

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Amiri fall 2025.

Umberto Fratini / Gorunway.com

Anna Kendrick

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Ashi Studio fall 2024 couture.

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